[lit-ideas] Re: The Education of a Swain

For the record (says overeducated JLS who uses the OED to overeducate the  
'fuck him and the OED!'):
 
there are 14 collocations in the OED for 'the education of a'. To  wit:
 
under 
education   
 
phrase: 
"the education of a young nobleman."
 
The problem is the older noblemen who need more of an education. To  
restrain their burping, I find. 
 
Under

finish, 

"perfect the education of (a person)."
 
This is terribly otiose and should annoy Strawson, author of "The Concepf  
of a Person". Imagine if we had to educate things other than persons!
 
under
flying
 
"essentials in the education of a young man of rank."
 
I can't see what flying has to do with it. I hope it's not a rank with a  
RAF, for which flying would _be_ essential.
 
Again, it's the gaga that need 'continuing education', so called,  
especially if they are going to fly planes.
 
under
 
gender, n.   
 
the education of a child regardless of race, ge
 
--- I'd say, 'with due regard'. I hate the phrase, 'regardless'. How can  
they _force_ me to be _regardless_. 
 
Under 

hack
 
Perhaps the 'education of a gentleman' may 
 
 
but perhaps it may not; it's best to leave the young nobleman of rank to  
find what it's may best or may not best.
 
Under 
latter
 
has completed the education of a gentleman.

Or 'compleated' as I'd spell it. "Don't call a woman a gentlewoman until  
she is dead", my motto.
 
Under

"pan-"
 
interest like the education of a nation of cosmopolitan and *

TO DISREGARD. One cannot _educate_ a nation!
 
under 
policeman
 
d by 'men with the education of a policeman, and with the conv
 
--- is that supposed to be bad? They say, Peters, I think, a policeman can  
only be _trained_, not 'educated'. I disagree. Some cops I met were highly  
educated, and one can never expect for _full_ training anyway. We are not  
horses.
 
under preschool
 

n. orig. U.S.  the education of a preschool  child.

----- "the kindergarten of a preschool child". I don't think you can have  
your cake and eat it, by calling it PRE-SCHOOL, i.e. pre-education and  
'education'. Educationalists speak of 'systematic' education, versus  
non-systematic, but I'm never sure what they mean. Surely what I learned from 
my  
nanny was merely nonsensical rhymes (in Guarany -- she was a Native  
Argentinian).
 
Under 
 
pretty
 
necessary in the Education of a pretty Gentleman to learn 
 
_Very_ pretty.
 
 
under 

proactivity
 
The education of a community and a police force 

to disregard: one cannot (logically) educate a community (never mind a  
police force).
 
under 
 
pupilship
 
A fund for  the education of a pupil. 
 
Not 'pupil' eye, I hope. As otiose as 'the education of a person'. Surely  
if she is getting a pupilship she will count as a pupil. Imagine if 
scholarship  boys were not boys (Grice was one). 
 
Under stree
 
You have had  the education of a lady. 
 
-- Yes, "Speranza's Boy" they called him, Wilde.
 
under 
unneedful
 
unneedful in  the education of a polite gentleman. 
 
-- I cannot think what can be unneedful: surely gambling, smoking, cards,  
cheating, and the Grand Tour are all needful, right?
 
Cheers,

JLS

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